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Million and One Gods [EPUB ebook]
The Persistence of Polytheism

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As A Million and One Gods shows, polytheism is considered a scandalous presence in societies oriented to Jewish, Christian, and Muslim beliefs. Yet it persists, even in the West, perhaps because polytheism corresponds to unconscious needs and deeply held values of tolerance, diversity, and equality that are central to civilized societies.

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Format EPUB ● Pages 207 ● ISBN 9780674369122 ● Publisher Harvard University Press ● Published 2014 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 3181320 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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